Wood v. Sill
Citations
- 124 Wash. 377
- 214 P. 625
- 1923 Wash. LEXIS 894
Syllabus
<p>Frauds, Statute oe (11) — Oral Agreement to Make Lease. An oral agreement or promise to make a lease of real estate is void, unless the lessee is put in possession and part performance is had.</p> <p>Landlord and Tenant (6, 15-1) — Oral Agreement to Lease— Breach — Damages—Evidence—Sufficiency. Damages cannot be recovered for breach of an oral contract to lease land to one of two joint purchasers from the lessor, upon their releasing their interest in the land contract, in consideration of which the lessor agreed to spend the $600 he had received on the purchase price in seeding the land and purchasing stock, where there was no agreement to return the $600, which belonged to the lessor, or any enforcible contract to make the lease.</p>
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- holding that where a decree adjudicated rights affecting a person in the enjoyment of her property, that person was a necessary indispensable party
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